Joker: Folie à Deux can barely hold a tune

Movie ReviewTodd Phillips’ new Joker sequel is a pitchy mess that wants to explore what happens when villains become folk heroes.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years.

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Despite its lack of a Batman, the public’s exhaustion with comic book movies, and a story that often felt overly imitative of Martin Scorsese’s work, Todd Phillips’ 2019 Joker was a certified hit whose box office success (and two Oscar wins) all but ensured that there would be a sequel. Folie à Deux, Phillips’

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